A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital this morning (Tuesday) after his bike collided with a van.

The accident happened at around 6.10am on the Welwyn By-Pass Road roundabout, by the junction for Parkside.

A white Ford transit van collided with a Kawasaki motorcycle.

Ambulance spokesman Gary Sanderson said the motorcyclist, a 36-year-old man, was taken to the QE2 hospital in WGC with minor back injuries.